Hans Ritz (electrical engineer)
Hans Ritz (* 1902 ; † June 4, 1971 ) was a German electrical engineer.
Ritz first worked at the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) in Berlin and specialized in the construction of instrument transformers . In 1940, for political reasons, he became the manager of the Philips works (formerly " CHF Müller Röntgenwerk"), which was under compulsory and external administration . He was a confidante of Ernst Schiebold and had judged his proposal for an X-ray cannon positively.
After he was dismissed in 1945 at the urging of the denazification committee, he founded "Ritz Messwandler GmbH & Co KG" in Hamburg, the parent company of today's international group of companies, Ritz Instrument Transformers GmbH. In 1956 he founded the first foreign subsidiary in Marchtrenk, Austria . There are now eight locations (as of 2018): four in Germany (Hamburg, Dresden, Wirges, Kirchaich) and one each in Austria (Marchtrenk), Hungary (Kecskemét), China (Shanghai) and in the USA (Hartwell).
Individual evidence
- ^ Obituary in: Hamburger Abendblatt , June 18, 1971, p. 7 ( online for a fee as PDF ).
- ↑ Pedro Waloschek : Death rays as lifesavers: factual reports from the Third Reich . BoD - Books on Demand, 2004, ISBN 978-3-8334-0979-0 , pp. 126 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
- ↑ Dr. Hans Ritz: From NS manager to millionaire . In: Willi-Bredel-Gesellschaft (Ed.): Rundbrief 2000 . ( online ).
- ↑ Headquarters and production sites of the Ritz Group. Ritz Group, accessed June 26, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Ritz, Hans |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German electrical engineer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1902 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th June 1971 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |